Morning journal and courier., 1887-02-02

Ford, Professor Mark Bailey and wife, Mr.
Kendall, merchant on Church street, formerly
of Hartford, Hon. William Fl. Law, H II.
Snow and wife, Mr.. Samuel Lloyd of the
City bank and many other well known citi-
zens. The question as to holding the prone
| made in the armory is not definitely settled
| by last nights experiment. In some respects
| it was success; in others only partially sat
| isfactory. Many last night expressed
preference for Carll's Opera House.
By order of the Mayor all vehicles last
| night going to the armory approached it from
Church street to avoid danger of collision
and TO facilitate arrivals and departures
| The festivities lasted till the mornings grey
| dawn.
| THE STATES LAWMAKERS.
what the soIons Did at Hartford Yes
| terday-A Rush of New Business
Many Bills Presented AppertainfBg
to New Haven-The state Militia to
| Take Part in the Dedication of the
Soldiers MOnument-Import Com
| mittee HeaPIDSs-Other Business.
| HARTFORD, Feb. 1.
! Special to the JOURNAL AND COURIER:
| A very busy week was auspiciously open
| ed to-day by the States solons who after
the House went into session at 1 p. m. set
| tied down to business and transacted the
largest amount of it of any day since the
| more in which to present new bills there
was a great rush to-day. Nearly two hun
dred bills, resolutions and petitions, ETC.,
were introduced in both the Senate and
House during the session, which lasted in
the House for forty-five minutes and in the
Senate about the same length of time.
There were many bills presented to day
pertaining TO New Haven interests.
The committee on temperance, Senator
Henry chairman, held protracted meeting
after the House adjourned. The committee
seemed to transact business very slowly.
Senate bill s, closing saloons from 10 p. IN.
to 5 a. M, was the first bill that came up
for discussion. Elk Speaker Tibbitts was
the only one to day before the committee
who opposed the bill. Ex-senator Ham
mond, of Kil1ingly, gave many reasons why
he thought the bill should be placed on the
statute books. Prosecuting Agent Colley, of
Waterbury, told of his experiences in his line
of employment and thought it would be a
good thing for the bill to become law.
Prosecuting Agent, Smith, of Winchester.
strongly favored the bill and spoke at length.
Senator Matthews, of Waterbury, wanted the
bill recommended. Mr.. Benjamin Walkely,
of Southington, spoke for ten minutes and
gave his reasons why he thought the bill
should be recommended. He thought it
would have the effect SO much desired-that
of bringing about reform in many ways
among the rumsellers and their victims. The
Rev. Mr.. Bowdwich, of Waterbury also advo-
Gated the bill.
House bill No. 6 re garding the sale of
liquors to paupers was heard before the
temperance committee this aftern DON. Mr..
L. A. Lyman, of Willimantic, address ed the
committee at length in favor of the bill.
Others who spoke in its favor were Select
man Latham, of Norwich: and Senator Mat
thews. The committee adjourned without
date at 4:30 O'Clock. Another bill will come
before the committee next Tuesday after the
House adjournment. Senate bill No. and
House bill 18 relate to sales of liquors by
druggists. The bills before the committees
to-day it is thought will both have to be
amended before they are recommended. A
bill introduced by Representative King, of
Naugatuck, last week will come before the
committee soon for a hearing. It provides
for the closing of saloons from 8 I'm. on the
day of election until z am. on the day fol-
lowing. A heavy penalty is attached
for violations. There are also many
other bills relating to licenses, etc., that
will come before the committee soon.
Of the committee meetings to day the
greatest interest was manifested in the labor
committee meeting. The room allotted the
committee, No. 70, apparently the smallest
I'LL
crowded to the doors b7 interested parties
and spectators. Many laboring men were
present and listened to their champions adj |
vocate their bills. Senate bill No. 8, exempt |
ing wages from attachment, was the first bill |
considered. Representative McNamee, of |
Rockville, told the committee that he repre-
scented and was elected by the labor interests |
of Rockville and that the bills they wanted |
recommended were the weekly payment and |
the total abolition of the factorizing law. |
Mr. McNamee said that he did not advocate |
the 80 per cent bill. A Winsted lock manu- |
facturer said he advocated the doing away of |
the factorizing law. 81 don't believe that it |
would inju the merchants in the least if it /
was abolished. 1t would not injure them at |
all in the long run. also favor the repeating |
of the law because 1 am constantly annoyed |
by attachment-laying officers and petty law
yers who come to tell me what must do as
regards paying my help. don't care to be |
L
money to-" Representative Randall, of Ber-
lin, spoke against the repeal. He said |
that among many workingmen he was ac-
quainted with he did not think they would |
ask for any such bill to be repealed. Ex-
Senator Chapman was one of the strongest |
supporters of the repeal. He said: THE
weekly payment bill and tactorizing bill |
should go hand in hand. I believe that |
above ali things what would bring about good |
for the laboring man is the cash system.
And tie repeating of the factorizing bill
would bring about the much needed cash
system: Let the workingman have his pay
This factorizing bill is the basis of credit.
The merchants all say they would not trust
the laborer if not for this law, and it is thus
this law makes credit The merchant simply
gives credit on what the poor laborer is to
earn. A man loses his respect the moment |
the merchant gets him into his power by
establishing credit l believe this factor
izing process leads many men to drink. The
passage of these two bills would do more
towards quieting the labor agitations through
ont the country than any earthly power. 1t
will give the 1aboring man
greater and much needed liberty"
Judge Storrs, of Hartford, wanted an
amendment made to the factorizing bill SO as
it would exempt from factofizing all deposits |
in banks throughout the State. He was in /
structed to hand in his amendment in writ |
ing, which he did soon after. Judge Storrs |
ID connected with da1tTord savings DaDk
and saws he has seen much misery caused by |
the few dollars the workingman's wife had !
managed to save and deposit faetorized on. |
Judge Storrs favored the abolition of the fac |
torizing law and the adoption of the weekly |
payment bill. Charles Miner, superintend I
emit of mill in Plainfeld, talked at length |
against the repeating of the factorizing bill. |
He was interrupted by work !
ingman in the crowd stationed |
near the door who asked him where he took |
his last summers vacation and bantered other |
unsavory remarks at him. Lawyer Terry, of |
Waterbury, spoke very strongly in favor of |
the repeating. He said he favored the aboli |
ton of the factorizing law in toto, and he |
also favored the weekly payments. The fac |
torizing law, said he, is bonus on miserable |
shysters of lawyers. There is only one con- |
Germ in Waterbury that does not pay its en- |
ployes weekly and there is not near SO much |
factorizing because of this fact.
The weekly payment bill, No. is, from the |
Senate came before the committee next in |
order. Although the bill was much discussed |
during the talk over the factorizing bill it |
did not come up formally before the |